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21 Bible Verses About Offering

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Summary

  • Leviticus 1:4 has the worshipper lay a hand on the head of the burnt offering, “and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.”
  • Samuel told Saul “To obey is better than sacrifice” after Saul’s army kept the best of the plunder to sacrifice at Gilgal (1 Samuel 15:21-22).
  • Jesus quotes Hosea 6:6, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice,” twice in Matthew (9:13 and 12:7).
  • Hebrews 10:11-12 contrasts priests who offer the same sacrifices day after day with Christ’s one sacrifice for sins.
  • Romans 12:1, Hebrews 13:15-16 and Philippians 4:18 call a believer’s body, praise, sharing and a gift to Paul sacrifices pleasing to God.

In the Bible an offering is something brought to God at his altar. English translations use the same words, offering and sacrifice, for the death of Christ, for praise and for a believer’s own life. Leviticus 1:3-4 sets out the burnt offering, and Romans 12:1 asks for the body as a living sacrifice. Offerings brought to the altar Genesis 4:4-5 “And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor…

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Bibliography (Click to show)

Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1367: “The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one single sacrifice.” vatican.va

Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 29.2, on the Lord’s Supper. opc.org

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